Incased radiator



W. M. FULTON.

INCASED RADIATOR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.31, 191s Patented July fi Wm,

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W. M. FULTON.

INCASED RADIATOR. APPLICATION FILED Aus.a1, 1916.

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Application filed August 311, 1916. Serial No.

invented a new and useful Improvement in lncased- Radiators, which invention is fully set forth in the following specification.

This invention relates to radiators intended to be inclosed in a casing, and it has for an object to provide such a radiator .which, in combination with its casing, will provide a more compact structure than has heretofore been obtained.

It has been proposed, for the purpose of obtaining temperature regulation, to inclose a radiator in .a casing, and provide such casing with a damper to regulate the circulation of air past the radiator and therefore the quantity of heated air delivered to the room inwhich the radiator is positioned. 'lo provide space for the movement of the damper and its operating mechanism, the casing has been made ,of a

size much larger than the radiator, protruding therefrom on at least one side to a considerable dlstance. here floor space is limited, this has been a serious objection to the use of an incased radiaton' lt isan object of this invention to provide an incased radiator that will take up little, if any, more room than the radiator without its casing.

lt is sometimes desirable that a passage or passages be provided in the casing of a radiator to direct the current of air in a predetermined path for the purpose of acting upon thermosensitive means controltill hill

ling a damper. Such an apparatus is illustrated, for example, in my reissued Patent No. 14,309, granted June 5, 1917. lt is a further object of this invention to economically provlde for such a passage within a radiator casing by the employment of means upon a section of the radiator whereby such section will itself constitute a partition within the casing. I J

To the end of providinga more compact structure in an incased radiator, the radiator is so constructed as to-provide a recess for the reception of the damper of the casing. To the end that a section of the radiator may constitute a partition within the casing, such section is provided with a rib of such dimensions as to contact the wall or walls o the casing.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented duly e, mac, 117,872.

been shown on the accompanying drawings.

Butit is to be expressly understood that the drawlngs are for purposes of illustration only, and are not to be construed as definitlons of the limits of the invention, reference being had to the appended claims for that purpose.

Referring to the drawings, wherein the same reference characters designate corresponding parts in the several figures,

F1gure 1 is a perspective elevation, partly in sectlon, of an incased radiator so constructed as to provide a recess for the reception of the casing damper;

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section showing a radiator section in elevation;

Fig. 3 is an elevation of a radiator sect on having a rib so as to provide a partitlon in the casing;

Fig 4 is a horizontal section, on line A-B, Fig. 3, of a portion of a radiator with its casing, showing the relation of the radiator section illustrated in Fig. 3 to the casing;

Fig. 5 is a vertical section of a casing showing in elevation a modified radiator embodying the present. invention represents a radiator of any suitable construction for the employment of any desired heating medium. 2 represents a casing for inclosing the same and 3 a grill in the upper portion of the front wall of said casing for permitting the escape of the heated air. 4 represents any suitable damper for regulating the flow of air through the casing, being shown as a plurality of shutters, and 5 designates any suitable means for operating the aforesaidshutters. In accordance with the present. invention, the radiator is so constructed as to provide a recess for the reception of the damper, whereby the casing may closely embrace the radiator. While this recess may be provided'at any suitable part of the radiator to accord with the position of the damper, the illustrated embodiment shows the recess 6 as a reentrant space'em tending longitudinally'of the radlator at the upper front edge thereof. .As a con when w re o .s rp rtingthe east,

.. ll'll its position about the radiator, the latter may be provided with lugs 7, desirably cast integral with some of the radiator sectlons,

as illustrated in Fig. 2, the casing resting o n the upper faces of theselugs. It will be understood that the details of construction of the casing and damper may be of any suitable nature, as the same constitute no f5 diator sections may be built up of two or more parts, as illustrated in Figs. 5, 6 and 1 7, one part of each'section being of a different height than the remainder of the section, whereby a reentrantspace is provided.

In Figs. 5', 8 and 9 respectively designate two columns together constituting a section of a radiator, the column 8 being of less height than the column 9, whereby a reentrant' space 10 is provided'as shown for the reception ofizhe shutters 4 of the damper. Where the radiator sections are made up of two or more parts, as illustrated in Fig. 5, the parts may be disposed in alinement, as illustrated in Fi 6, or in staggered relation, as illustrated in Fig. 7. In this embodiment, the columns of the sections will have a common inlet and a common outlet. Referring to Figs. 6 and 7 a common inlet is shown as provided by the use of a T 11, connected by elbows.12 and 13' with the columns 8' and I 9 respectively.

tain a predetermined circulation of air, such .a passage, for examp as disclosed ill my said radiator being so constructed as to proaforesaid reissued Letters Patent wherein with the radiator is employed to induce a circulation of air over a thermostat in a con- '45 .duit communicating with said passage, a

section of the radiator, as 14, may be pro-. vided with a rib 15,-which may desirably be cast integrally with said section, said rib' being of such dimensions as to engage the inner faces of the wall or walls of the easing. The section 14, together with its rib,

constitutes a partition within the casing, forming with the heat-insulating partition 16 a passage therein in heat-interchan ingrelation with the radiator, through w ich passage the air will rise to cause a downflow of air through conduit 17 in communication with said passage. A suitable thermostat may. be positioned in said conduitl? for operating the damper, said thermostat being thereby subjected .to a movin collimn of air at room-temperature, as ully explained and illustrated in my aforesaid reissued Letters-Patent to which reference is made for a more detailed description.

While the illustrated embodiments have been described with considerable particularity, it is to be expressly understood that the invention is not to be restricted to the structures shown upon the drawings as the same is capable of receiving a variety of mechanical expressions some of which will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art. Furthermore, it is to be expressly nderstood that, except as specified in the c aims hereto appended, this invention is not to be limited 'to any particular details of structure of the radiator and the casing.

What is claimed is:

.1. The combination of a radiator and a casing therefor provided with a damper, said radiator being so constructed as to provide a recess for the reception of said damper.

2. The combination of a radiator and a casing therefor provided with a plurality of shutters constituting a damper, said radiator being so constructed as to provide a recess for the reception of said shutters.

3. The combination of a radiator and a casing closely embracing the same, said casing being provided with a damper, and said radiator being so constructed as to provide a recess for the reception of said casing closely embracing the same, said casing being provided with a plurality of shutters constituting a damper, and said radiator being so constructed as to provide a recess for the reception ofsaid shutters.

5. The combination of a radiator and a casing therefor provided with a damper,

vide a rentrant space atone edge thereof forthe reception of said damper.

6. The combination of a radiator and a casing therefor'provided with a plurality of shutters constituting a damper, said radiator being so constructed as to provide a rentrant space at one edge thereof for the reception of said shutters.

7. The combination of a radiator and a casing closely embracing the same, said casing being provided with a damper, and said radiator being so constructed as to provide a reentrant space at one edge thereof for the reception of said damper.

8. The combination of a radiator and a casing closely embracing the same, said casing being provided with a plurality of shut.- ters constituting a damper, and said radiator being so constructed as to provide a rentrant space at one edge thereof for the reception of said shutters.

9. A radiator made upof integral platei0. Theconlbination of a radiator and a casing therefor, a section of said radiator being provided with a rib contacting said casing to constitute with said section of the radiator a partition within said casing.

11. The combination of a radiator and a casing closely embracing the same, a section of said radiator being provided with a rib contacting said casing to constitute with said section of the radiator a partition within said casing.

12. The combination of a radiator and a casing therefor provided with a damper, said radiator being so constructed as to provide a recess for the reception of said damper, and a sectionof said radiator being provided with a rib contacting said casing to constitute with said section of the ra-' diator a partition within said casing.

13. The combination of a radiator and a casing theretor provided with a damper, said radiator being so constructed as to provide a reentrant space at one edgethereof for the reception of said damper, and a section of said radiator being provided with a rib contacting said casin to constitute with said section of the radiator a partition within said casing.

M. The combination out a radiator, a casing therefor provided with a damper, said radiator being so constructed as to provide a recess for the reception otsa'id damper, and iugs on said radiator upon which said casing rests.

In testimony whereof T have signed this specification.

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